Reviews how pest management practices impact the watershed and community. Introduces relevant IPM regulations and guidelines for controlling pests. Presents IPM approaches for addressing a variety of locally relevant pest issues.

The FQT Course presents ReScape 8 Principles, technical details, and firescaping compliance with local and state ordinances and regulations. A ReScape 8 Principles approach to firescaping protects properties and landscapes and considers the best practices to mitigate climate change and create beauty with carbon landscaping, green infrastructure, waste plant debris prevention and decrease in landfill... Read more »

Based on ReScape’s 8 Principles, this training provides landscape maintenance professionals with practical tools to manage healthy landscapes, protect local watersheds, and address our changing climate. Learn about regenerative landscape practices from leading experts in soil health, irrigation, plant care, integrated pest management, and more. The Maintenance Qualification Training is offered with tuition ranging from $575 - $625.... Read more »

This full-day training will include an expansive look at the ordinance and will explore an array of design strategies that meet the standard. Presentation topics will include water budget calculations, irrigation best practices, the optimal use of compost and low-water plant selection. The training will also include perspectives from WELO code reviewers and an interactive design... Read more »

The Qualified Water Efficient Landscaper Professional certification program provides landscape professionals 21 hours of education on principals of proper plant selection for the local climate, irrigation system design and maintenance, irrigation system programing and operation and sustainable landscaping. In order to obtain the QWEL certification, an individual must demonstrate their ability to perform an irrigation system audit... Read more »

Green Stormwater Infrastructure & Managing Urban Stormwater: Friday, April 23, 2021, 8:30am - 12:30pm Provide landscape professionals with an understanding of how stormwater and urban runoff impacts the watershed and community. Demonstrate the benefits of Green Stormwater Infrastructure control measures. Provide maintenance strategies and troubleshooting for GSI. Present local GSI guidelines and maintenance checklist. Workshop Costs:... Read more »

Integrated Pest Management: Friday, April 30, 2021, 8:30am - 12:30pm Review how pest management practices impact the watershed and community. Introduce relevant IPM regulations and guidelines for controlling pests. Present IPM approaches for addressing a variety of locally relevant pest issues. Workshop Costs: Single Workshop - $80 member / $85 not-yet-member Register at: https://bit.ly/3ep3NVo These workshops will focus on... Read more »

Based on ReScape’s 8 Principles, this training provides landscape design professionals with practical tools for designing and constructing healthy landscapes that protect local watersheds, conserve resources and address our changing climate. Participants will learn about regenerative landscape practices from leading experts in soil health, stormwater, plant selection, landscaping policy, integrated pest management, and more. The Design Qualification Training also provides... Read more »